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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.After the Catastrophe, every rule in the world was rewritten.
In the Age of Black Iron, steel, iron, steam engines and fighting force became the crux in which human beings depended on to survive.
A commoner boy by the name Zhang Tie was selected by the gods of fortune and was gifted a small tree which could constantly produce various marvelous fruits. At the same time, Zhang Tie was thrown into the flames of war, a three-hundred-year war between the humans and monsters on the vacant continent. Using crystals to tap into the potentials of the human body, one must cultivate to become stronger.
The thrilling legends of mysterious clans, secrets of Oriental fantasies, numerous treasures and legacies in the underground world — All in the Castle of Black Iron!
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黑铁之堡
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- Slow start
This is s*upid. This novel does not, in any way shape or form have a "slow start". The reason why people complain about this is the amount of tr*shy web-novels we consume where the development is usually light speed compared to novels of established, respected fantasy authors. We consume so much tr*sh (junk food) and people complain why they can't lose weight. The author was aiming for character introductions, character development, world-building, and lore. Yes, the start is slower than other off the shelf web-novels, but it is not slow. Keep that in mind. But I would agree that it gets better after dozens of chapters in. I view the chapters before 100 as the "prelude" of the adventures of MC, and once MC goes into a cave and does some funky business, the real story starts.-
- s*x scenes
This one gets mentioned a lot, but I don't see any problem with it. s*x scenes in the beginning of the novel can get quite graphic; most probably big brother wasn't watching when the novel was not as popular before chapter 800 or so, and author just did whatever he wanted to do. Things could get crazy, but I don't see how this could affect anyone. Just sit back and go with the flow. Is just tits, why have to be mad?-
- s*upid MC
Rightfully so, as the MC was still a naive, h**ny kid in the beginning. Close your eyes, and think back on the things you did when you were 14 years old, the s*upid moments where you just want to punch yourself in the balls, and the regrets you have on your past. People complaining about this are either the most perfect human on earth, or they are just deluded and want a perfect MC. MC is not perfect all the way to the end. Nobody is perfect. But the MC grew out of his naive, h**ny-teenage phase with character development. I can assure you that.-
- Injured MC - or author nerfing MC on balance update 1.1 and future updates
Now this is a real slap in the face. THIS IS REAL BAD! It was so bad, that when it happened for the first time, I almost dropped the novel and had to force myself and slog through 100 chapters. I wont spoil anything, but there were some aspects of the MC where it was mad OP. I actually knew the author might do something about it beforehand, but holy Kukulkan. The way the author did it was f*ckING BAD! CN novels like to do this, where the MC got injured and they would not be able to use their full strength for a while, but this author - holy hell, has a fetish of injuring (nerfing) his MC. In 2015 chapters, roughly off the top of my head, MC got injured (nerfed) about 7 times. Now I can safely say that once you complete this novel, you would have read a novel with the most amount of times an MC got injured (nerfed) ! Now, on the plus side, it's not as bad as I made it out to be. The only real shocker was the first nerf. It was bad, but once you slog yourself 30-100 chapters, things would get better and you wouldn't care as much as before. The nerfs after the first one, are baby-sh*t compared to the first one as they couldn't be compared to the sheer scale of the first one, but annoying regardless.-
- Nationalism
Standard stuff. Chinese are quite nationalistic, nothing wrong with that. But they have to shoe-horn the nationalistic ideals into their novels because... big brother is watching. Can't blame them, complaining about this is akin to complaining why c*ckroaches are dirty and don't die. Just walk away, problem solved. Look at nationalism in CN novels as comedy enacted by the author, and don't look into it seriously. If you look at it with a different perspective, you won't even find it as a problem. Works in life as well, different perspectives will have different outlooks for different people.-
- Word pad
This is my personal take. I find it weird how people are complaining about "slow" start, but barely anybody mentions the word padding of author. Once CoBI reaches chapter 800 or so, probably the time where it gets popular (a time where author had to tone down the graphic s*x scenes as big brother was watching!), author starts to add MASSIVE amounts of word vomit on background objects. No, it's not world-building if author spends 4 sentences on the road before entering the gate, 2 sentences on the pot of flowers on the side, 2 paragraphs about the meaning of life while walking to the front door, 2 sentences on how shiny the door knob is and opening it, and another 1 paragraph of entering, looking back, mentioning how f*cking shiny the door knob is and finally closing the goddamn door. You start to see author do this on the second half of CoBI.-
- Translation
is ass. Get better editors for goodness sake. Not google translate tier, but pretty damn bad. 4/10 Pros of the novel;-
- Start
Beginning of the novel, especially before chapter 400, is excellent. A mix of character development and world building, careful writing with barely any word padding. Loved it. One thing that I don't see anybody mention is the fact of the progression of MC's powerlevel in the beginning. It is so progressive and balanced that I cannot even find a single flaw! I dare say that out of all the novels I've read, CoBI might have the best power-progression out of them - at least in the first 400 chapters. First 400 chapters of power-progression is a benchmark that every web-novel authors should learn from. Loved it!-
- Harem & romance
I have nothing much to say on this aspect, you get what you want to see. But thank f*ck this author doesn't act like a wishy washy woman when he wants to add this aspect into his novel. Not too much unnecessary drama, straight to the point. Man and woman wants it, they tie the knot. No random bullsh*t in between - almost every time. If you like harem and romance, then look no further. If you're like me and don't care about it too much, just worried that the author might bullsh*t around, then no need to worry. If you hate harem and romance, don't even bother starting this novel unless you want a case of aneurysm.-
- Length of novel
is f*ckING LONG! It's not as simple as 2015 chapters, because the chapters during the first half of the novel is usually about as long as 2x the length of average CN novels. After that it starts to become uncommon at around 1000, and mostly normal length at around chapter 1500. So the 2015 chapters, in average CN novel standard, is AT LEAST 3000 chapters long. This is either a good or bad thing for different individuals.-
- Gains & losses - cause & effect
I really like this aspect in this novel. Author really likes his Dao philosophy. Not everything is perfect. To gain something, you would have to pay for it. Sometimes it might seem like you gained everything, but you might have further losses. Sometimes it might seem like you lost everything, but you might have further gains. Everything doesn't happen for no reason. You would see this aspect throughout the novel, from start to finish. Love and Hate. There were some aspects where I really wanted to ask why the author did that, and some aspects which I loved. I can understand why people rated it low, with the novel rating of 3.4/5 as of this moment, but if I were to quantify it as a whole, it is nowhere near the current rating. Overall 4/5 8/10MC is very cautious but he always end up being framed or wronged. But thanks to his godly toungue he can turn around almost all situations to his favor. MC doesn't relly too much on his cheat item.
Good Novel from the beginning to the quarter volume of the novel. I just hate it the ending.
At somepoint when the MC become powerful he said to the Demon God in overbearing manner. The he would reverse the situations, "demons would no longer be the nightmare of human race but human race will be the nightmare of demons" and "You want war, I will give you war". Then he go kill a few demons and lead the humans to repel the demons from the continent. When the demons are repelled all the human race requested him to lead the army again to bring the war to the demon world, (this is why im irritated about what he said) MC said to them "demons can't be extinguished because humans is full of greed, mu*der, r*pe, lust and thats what make demon God powerful" then book end.. Like what the heck is this. This author just end the book like this. The story could go on but he ends it just like that. So dissatisfied with this book.
" someone in the crowd started to curse at them loudly. Afterwards, Glaze's group was immediately buried by curses.
"You didn't know? Some male students in their youth would be very depressed. If they are poorly self-disciplined, they might even do something strange!"
During the survival training, the male students would always show their own abilities and worth, while the female students showed their value for reproduction."
- Unique world and setting in a 'steam punk' style. A lot of stuff about steam engines, air ships. The enemy of humans in this steam punk world is the underground race of demons that seek to conquer the humans. The author does a tremendous job in world building in this novel and making sure factions and characters have unique traits.
- Very compelling rags to riches story. The MC stays true to his self even when he becomes s*upid rich and powerful later the novel. He cares for commoners and doesn't seek to lord of people.
- The author puts in effort to write compelling plot that is not based on the standard tr*sh tier cultivation novel of ret*rd young masters. The schemes of humans against humans and demons against humans drive a lot of the main plot lines. Mini arcs may be driven by human jealousy or plots against the MC but they seem fresh and exciting.
- The MC has a lot of interesting powers. The cheat powers the MC has is probably the most varied, OP, and hack powers in all the webnovels. But, the MC uses them in the right situation and they are very interesting to read. I won't spoil them because the way the MC uses them early in the novel is one of the strong points of the novel. Also, even though his cheats are pretty OP, he still puts himself in life or death situations due to his character and values so his fights against enemies do not get stale.
- Its complete, and the ending is pretty good. You can invest time into the novel and feel satisfied.
Now, for my rebuttal to the two main issues other people have with the novel, the s*x and the Chinese nationalism.a) People says the author is racist and the novel has a lot of patriotism.
This is false, the issue here is that the novel is made by a Chinese author to Chinese people, even if we get lucky to find some one who will translate it for us the people of the world, it doesn't mean that the author have to please our culture, in fact, every author is like this. If I was the author, being from the Caribbeans, I would depict the Hispanic people as the best thing ever, and the G8's people are a bunch of Plebs ret*rds. The same reason why Japanese Mechas Animes, only have monster attacking Japan.
b) People Complain about the s*x innuendos, Harem and the swearing words.
Not sure why kids with close minds and religious frustrated people are reading an "Adult Novel" directed to Mature people, who is not a shut-in, an frustrated virg*n, or some antisocial jealous SJW. I found nothing wrong with these words, which only happens a little at the beginning, and for the s*xual innuendos, well, is a realistic depiction of the world.
People who lives in a modern age with a modern moral standard cant expect to read a novel where they find boy scout, in a world where the strong is supreme, THAT is very FALSE, read human history and you will see that all you hate to read in a novel about Human Behaviors, is nothing more than a representation of our past, so while you can life in a confy home with a fridge and internet, you can complain about multiple women, that DOESN'T apply in a culture where society doesn't have morals.
The beginning is slow, I like that, gives you more time to enjoy the MC's initial stages instead of being thrown into a tragedy right away. Such as the novel Swallowing Star (from IET), the MC finds a Plot Armor device who helps him to Cultivate Fast.
MC is a smart guy who never stay silent and rebukes any one even mayor powers when he is on discomfort, he is very loyal to his parents and friends, a well refreshing MC.
Overall the Novel is a good read away from mainstream cheap MC Novels, and those Hypocrite MC (mostly those transmigration) who never adapt to the history they belong to, it pisses me off, you cant be a saint in the world of power and strength, that is just lip-service and gratuitous self measurements to those readers who are either virg*n or live with their mom in a bas**ent.
As I said in the beginning, the novel is Great at the start all the way up to a little more half way, then the Author falls himself to the Religion of the "World Count" and instead of advancing the plot, he decides to expand on gibberish on the same place, even with introduction of irrelevant NPC characters, where he spend Chapters (more than One (1)) explaining things. (just the Bloating takes Off a Star of this Review)
The Plot Armor who is the Castle of Black Iron, is never used as intended! He says "People would hunt me down if they know my secret" but STILL everything Hunts him down for trivial reasons, and most of the time ending on near dead situation Many Times. He hides secrets when he doesn't need to, I hate that in a novel, I know that the Author do that to create a shocking reveal, but on this case it doesn't work, is not as shocking as author wanted it to be. Author creates Heller to fill the Plot Holes he himself creates, and makes Heller Remember MC of things, Abilities and aspects of the Novel that the Author Himself forgot in the past, Heller comes to be, the representation of the Readers on this novel. Anything readers complain about on previous chapter, Heller comes out and points it, reminding the MC of things he should do. Which should have been Obvious if the Author didn't forget.
About Romance, there is some flirts and feelings development (a lot better than Senior Apprentice Sister's Dead), also I enjoy Harem. Even on Real life People have Wife, girlfriends and some f*ck buddies, so this is normal, BUT. Too much is TOO much! Gratuitous Harem partners shouldn't have existed at much an Harem of 4-5 women is good, if they have good developments, but it seems the Author was laying eggs waiting for ideas and increase world count, they even become unimportant later on, and the Author have the BALLZ (yup with Z) to write about the Wives complain wanting to separate from MC with their Kids, So the Author used his Messed up Harem to create more World Count Chapters.
After 1200 Chapters you will see yourself skimming chapters, because the author's world Counts Power become a Treat to the readers.
Females and males have the same strength but females must submit to males because their "emotions are weak"... Females cannot have their own surname. Males must fight and females can only make babies.
Western people not giving special treatment to "hua" (the chinese bastards in this story) is a grave sin and they should be happy to be the s*x and labor s*aves of the chinese....
Also korean and japanese people are very dumb and weak in this story and are very eager to be the s*aves of the chinese (no joke)